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All cartoon politics are local
Juan Cole
Muslim outrage reflects specific national conflicts -- most of them exacerbated by Bush's policies.
Words by Gonzales, logic by Kafka
Sidney Blumenthal
Alberto Gonzales' bizarre defense of Bush's illegal domestic spying revealed him to have unsuspected imaginative gifts.
The Bush budget: Iraq and Afghanistan on $50 billion a year
Tim Grieve
After budgeting nothing for the wars for 2006, the White House has penciled in $50 billion for 2007.
What Alberto Gonzales wouldn’t say
Tim Grieve
If the attorney general believes there are limits on the president's power as commander in chief, it's not at all clear what those are.
Surveilling Gonzales
Walter Shapiro
The attorney general defended warrantless spying with yet more doublespeak, but the Senate is homing in on Bush's dangerous abuse of power.
As Bush seeks more cash for Iraq, a memo sheds light on how he got there
Tim Grieve
Is this "Downing Street Memo, Part 2"?
“A failed and oppressive state 7,000 miles away”
Tim Grieve
Iraq? Saudi Arabia? Afghanistan? Why just say it when you can keep on clouding the picture?
Did Reagan win the Cold War?
Laura Miller
John Lewis Gaddis' history succinctly captures the long faceoff that shaped our world. But his analysis is marred by Reagan worship.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Thrill seeker Jack Bauer of "24" risks his neck to save the world from terrorism, while the comfort seekers of "Project Runway" whine about broken needles and pesky stretch fabric.
The bin Laden book club
Michael Scherer
How the world's most notorious terrorist just launched an obscure left-wing American author into bestseller stardom.
World census needs more info on women
Page Rockwell
The U.N. says that to improve women's quality of life worldwide, we need better census data.
Bin Laden is back; let’s smear Michael Moore
Tim Grieve
Chris Matthews uses the reemergence of the al-Qaida leader as a chance to attack the left. John Kerry -- John Kerry! -- comes to Moore's defense.
Full text of the bin Laden tape
Salon Staff
A problem from hell
G. Pascal Zachary
Does applying the generic label of "genocide" to violence in Darfur make it even harder to stop the killing?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
In his explosive new film, "Why We Fight," Eugene Jarecki argues that America went to war in Iraq because war is what America does best.
Strange Bedfellows v. Bush and Cheney
Michael Scherer
A motley crew that includes Christopher Hitchens, Larry Diamond and Greenpeace is suing the NSA, claiming that Bush's wiretap program is inhibiting free speech.
As Alito hearing begins, Specter focuses on wiretaps
Tim Grieve
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says Bush's spying program raises "very major consideration" about the separation of powers.
A disastrous appointment
Michelle Goldberg
Bush's backdoor choice of unqualified right-winger Ellen Sauerbrey to head the U.S. refugee-response team raises the specter of Michael Brown.
Losing their minds
Mark Benjamin
More U.S. soldiers than ever are sustaining serious brain injuries in Iraq. But a significant number of them are being misdiagnosed, forced to wait for treatment or even being called liars by the Army.
Lawsuit against Bush?
Michael Scherer
The attorney for the only known target of NSA eavesdropping says his client would be happy to sue the president.
“Never have the freedoms we cherish seemed so imperiled”
Salon Staff
In an impassioned speech, Sen. Byrd voices his shock and dismay over the Bush administration's practice of spying on U.S. citizens.
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